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My son was only treated with antibiotics for scarlet fever 8 days after having symptoms. will he develop long term complications due to the delay in?
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Depends: The kidney related issues (nephrotoxic strains) seem to come on sooner than the other, but treatment within 10 days of first fever will usually stop the progression to rheumatic fever/heart disease.
Answered 5/2/2017
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